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Chapter 20 Mixed fish and dragons

In fact, Feng did not need to send a support from Hunan, the war between the north and the south was already hot. The Liu Jingxiao faction's spy in Changsha reported that the 8th Division and the Hunan Army had fought fiercely, and there were many casualties. The hospital in Changsha City alone admitted hundreds of wounded people. A newspaper immediately commented: "The story of the 40th anniversary of the Republic of China reenacted?"

The so-called story of the Forty Years of the Republic refers to the unprecedented southern expedition in the north during the 40th year of the Republic. At that time, people commented that "the foreign war declared without war, and the civil war did not declare without war." Today's situation is indeed a bit like the story of the forty years of the Republic.

However, the ending of the southern expedition in the forty years of the Republic was not good. The worst was the Second Navy Fleet stationed in Taiwan. The Second Fleet was adapted from the Second Navy in the early years of the Republic. To put it bluntly, I felt that the First Count, which was incorporated by the former Jin Navy, was unreliable, so I drew some of the forces from the army to establish the second Navy, which can also be said to be a real direct naval force.

Later, the first target was changed to the first fleet, and the second target was changed to the second fleet stationed in Taiwan. During the southern expedition of Mu Tiehan during the 30th year of the Republic of China, the second fleet worked very hard, repeatedly attacking Guangdong and Guangxi, and defeating the weak navy in Guangdong and Guangxi to flee.

After knowing shame, Guangdong and Guangxi devoted themselves to naval construction. As a result, this southern expedition, the Second Fleet was completely wiped out and even a boat was not escaped. Fortunately, the Second Fleet stayed in Taiwan at that time, so it was not called the Second Fleet to extinguish the fireworks. However, the Second Fleet at this time was a shore fleet that could not even get a small boat.

The situation on the land was even more complicated. The six divisions of the Southern Expedition went out and six were completely complete. When they came back, the commander-in-chief announced that they were still six completely complete. However, it was found out later that the troops of these six divisions were not enough for one brigade. What's worse was that the Shanghai side. At that time, the Northern Army was stunned and wanted to attack Shanghai permanently neutral. As a result, the Shen family was in the limelight. The three divisions that attacked were transformed and turned into a mixed brigade.

But for Liu Jingxiao, the most important thing is to quickly store penicillin. Penicillin, this magical drug, which Murong Lanzhu has exchanged for human life, has been monopolized by maritime merchants since its large-scale application during the Republic of China forty years. But what is disgusting is that the production of this drug is too difficult and can only be produced in a small amount of laboratory, and the annual output is also fixed.

The price of penicillin is closely related to the frequency of wars. The more intense the war is, the more wounded the more wounded the patient, the more penicillin the need, and the more expensive the price. When Liu Jingxiao heard that the war in Hunan was frequent, he immediately ordered the purchase of penicillin and other materials.

Although the war is fierce now, for the real war, this is just the beginning. Liu Jingxiao is well aware of the importance of penicillin. There is enough penicillin to greatly reduce the mortality rate of the wounded. When he was fighting with the Hunan Army in Yanglou, Wang Zichun relied entirely on himself, so he sent all the penicillin in stock to himself. Therefore, the mortality rate of patients in Yanglou was relatively low. This batch of medicinal materials was used in the battle of Yichang in the future, but there was not much in stock now, and it was only enough to fight a medium-sized battle.

Liu Jingxiao estimated that once the war started, not only would the price rise sharply, but it is very likely that there would be no chance that the penicillin could not be bought even if there was silver. This is not his worry, but historical facts. The supply of penicillin has always been the secret of marine merchants. No one knows how much it can be produced in a year. It is just judging based on experience, but it is slightly more than demand. However, once the war started, even if you could buy penicillin with gold, so Liu Jingxiao had to prepare for it.

In fact, it proved that Liu Jingxiao had an advanced knowledge. After he plundered all the penicillin in Yichang market, the representatives sent by Hunan to buy penicillin also arrived in Yichang. Looking at the empty medicine cabinet, he could only return empty-handed.

Before the order to conquer Hunan was issued, the Hunan Army had repelled the attack of the Eighth Division three times. As the saying goes, "No Hunan can form an army." The Hunan people have a strong character. The Eighth Division is well-equipped and well-soldiered. However, although the Hunan Army suffered heavy casualties, it forced the vanguard brigade of the Eighth Division to suffer more than 600 casualties and not yet gained half an inch of land.

The Hunan Army was looking for strong support everywhere, and Liu Jingxiao was also the target they were counting on. They sent lobbyists to persuade Liu Jingxiao to go down the river to take Wuhan, meet with the Hunan Army in the Yangtze River, and then kill the Hubei Army into two sections. The Hunan Army took the opportunity to counterattack. After the matter was completed, the Hunan Army helped Liu Jingxiao to take the position of governor of Hubei.

The idea is good... Liu Jingxiao answered this way, but the idea is just an idea after all. Now Hubei troops are gathered, with Chen Yunjie's troops in southern Hubei, more than 40,000 troops in the Hubei system, more than 20,000 troops in Changsha, and more than 10,000 people from Liu Jingxiao, who wanted to go down the river and take the Yangtze River, but he agreed to his wife but he didn't.

Of course, the Hunan Army contacted the Sichuan Army again and said that it would ask Sichuan to send 100,000 troops. As Liu Jingxiao's support, Liu Jingxiao looked down on the attack power of the Sichuan Army at all. The Sichuan Army had a set of garrisons, so the attack power was not good. In the battle of Nanjin Pass, Liu Jingxiao fought with one enemy of ten and killed 60,000 Sichuan Army so much that he naturally experienced the combat power of the Sichuan Army. As for retreating, it would be a mess, and Liu Jingxiao took a big advantage.

However, the article was still done on the surface. The Sichuan Army and Liu Jingxiao came and went, and they were very friendly. They almost regarded Liu Jingxiao as their godfather. There was no way! The conquest of Hunan is the prelude to the southern expedition, and the country of Tianfu in Sichuan was naturally a big feast in Duan Tiemin's eyes. Now Liu Jingxiao's attitude is very important. He is occupying western Hubei. If these ten thousand elite soldiers turn to the Hubei system, then Yu Wan is at risk of losing at any time, and it is possible that he will attack the city and rush straight to Chengdu.

"Chengdu is not a place to guard the guard." Defending Chengdu can only guard a few key points, so Kong Ming wanted to fight the northern expedition. However, in this battle to aid Hubei, the Sichuan Army suffered extremely heavy losses, especially the four-way army of the sea, land, air and gods were almost half missing, and this momentum was already lost.

What upsets the Sichuan Army is that when they heard that Liu Jingxiao had the possibility of entering Sichuan, the Yunnan Army joined forces with Guizhou to inform Sichuan: "The southwest is integrated, and our army is willing to enter Sichuan to assist the province... After repelling the Northern Army, our army will return to the province immediately..."

The southwest is one? Bullshit! Bullshit! Yunnan people have never been kind. The so-called Great Yunnanism is just about using Sichuan as their colony. Isn’t the lessons learned back then enough? As for Guizhou? Humph, isn’t it just a helper of Yunnan and Sichuan? Isn’t the Sichuan people suffering enough? When the Northern Army entered Sichuan, they saw that Yunnan and Guizhou were shouting endlessly, and no soldiers were seen entering Sichuan. But after the Northern Army withdrew from Sichuan, the Yunnan Army continued to enter Sichuan, turning Sichuan Province into their colony...
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